Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as Tanagra.

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Examples

  • Wherever there is a wild fig-tree ripe, a numerous species of birds called tangara is sure to be on it.

    Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823

  • Thus Nature has ordered this little tangara to put on mourning to the north of the line and wear scarlet to the south of it.

    Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823

  • Cayenne, and is so near to it, I was in hopes to have found the grande gobe-mouche of Buffon and the septi-coloured tangara, both of which are common in Cayenne; but after many diligent searches I did not succeed, nor could I learn from the Indians that they had ever seen those two species of birds in these parts.

    Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823

  • IllegalArgumentException: Cookie name "My ice cream" is a reserved token tangara on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 10: 07.

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